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physics.space-ph2020★ 40 cited

Evolution of the Earth's Magnetosheath Turbulence: A statistical study based on MMS observations

Hui Li, Wence Jiang, Chi Wang +5

Composed of shocked solar wind, the Earth's magnetosheath serves as a natural laboratory to study the transition of turbulence from low Alfv{é}n Mach number, , to hig…

physics.space-ph2019★ 16 cited

Effects of alpha-proton differential flow on proton temperature anisotropy instabilities in the solar wind: Wind observations

G. Q. Zhao, H. Li, H. Q. Feng +3

Plasma kinetic waves and alpha-proton differential flow are two important subjects on the topic of evolution of the solar wind. Based on the Wind data during 2005-2015, this paper…

physics.space-ph2019★ 56 cited

Electron Heating by Debye-Scale Turbulence in Guide-Field Reconnection

Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, D. B. Graham, K. Steinvall +14

We report electrostatic Debye-scale turbulence developing within the diffusion region of asymmetric magnetopause reconnection with moderate guide field using observations by the Ma…

physics.space-ph2019★ 5 cited

Spectral fluctuation analysis of ionospheric inhomogeneities over Brazilian territory Part II: E-F valley region plasma instabilities

Neelakshi J., Reinaldo R. Rosa, Siomel Savio +4

The turbulent-like process associated with ionospheric instabilities, has been identified as the main nonlinear process that drives the irregularities observed in the different ion…

physics.space-ph2018★ 169 cited

Forecasting the Arrival Time of Coronal Mass Ejections: Analysis of the CCMC CME Scoreboard

Pete Riley, Leila Mays, Jesse Andries +15

Accurate forecasting of the properties of coronal mass ejections as they approach Earth is now recognized as an important strategic objective for both NOAA and NASA. The time of ar…

physics.space-ph2018★ 6 cited

Two-dimensional hybrid simulations of filamentary structures and kinetic slow waves downstream of a quasi-parallel shock

Yufei Hao, Quanming Lu, Xinliang Gao +3

In this paper, with two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid simulations, we study the generation mechanism of filamentary structures downstream of a quasi-parallel shock. The results show tha…

physics.space-ph2018★ 16 cited

Cosmic ray short burst observed with the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN) on June 22, 2015

K. Munakata, M. Kozai, P. Evenson +14

We analyze the short cosmic ray intensity increase ("cosmic ray burst": CRB) on June 22, 2015 utilizing a global network of muon detectors and derive the global anisotropy of cosmi…

physics.space-ph2018★ 29 cited

A Stealth CME Bracketed between Slow and Fast Wind Producing Unexpected Geo-effectiveness

Wen He, Ying D. Liu, Huidong Hu +2

We investigate how a weak coronal mass ejection (CME) launched on 2016 October 8 without obvious signatures in the low corona produced a relatively intense geomagnetic storm. Remot…

physics.space-ph2017★ 48 cited

Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosphere over Solar Cycles

Z. -N. Shen, G. Qin

The 11-year and 22-year modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) in the inner heliosphere are studied using a numerical model developed by Qin and Shen in 2017. Based on the numer…

physics.space-ph2017★ 13 cited

Model of energy spectrum parameters of ground level enhancement events in solar cycle 23

S. -S. Wu, G. Qin

Mewaldt et al. 2012 fitted the observations of the ground level enhancement (GLE) events during solar cycle 23 to the double power-law equation to obtain the four energy spectra pa…

physics.space-ph2017★ 45 cited

Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosphere, Comparing with PAMELA Measurements

Gang Qin, Zhenning Shen

We develop a numerical model to study the time-dependent modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) in the inner heliosphere. In the model a time-delayed modified Parker heliospheri…

physics.space-ph2017★ 16 cited

Numerical simulations of particle acceleration at interplanetary quasi-perpendicular shocks

F. -J. Kong, G. Qin, L. -H. Zhang

Using test particle simulations we study particle acceleration at highly perpendicular () shocks under conditions of modeling magnetic turbulence. We adopt a b…

physics.space-ph2016★ 15 cited

Sunward-propagating Alfvénic fluctuations observed in the heliosphere

H. Li, C. Wang, J. W. Belcher +2

The mixture/interaction of anti-sunward-propagating Alfvénic fluctuations (AFs) and sunward-propagating Alfvénic fluctuations (SAFs) is believed to result in the decrease of the Al…

physics.space-ph2015★ 9 cited

Energy dissipation processes in solar wind turbulence

Y. Wang, F. S. Wei, X. S. Feng +4

Turbulence is a chaotic flow regime filled by irregular flows. The dissipation of turbulence is a fundamental problem in the realm of physics. Theoretically, dissipation cannot be…

physics.space-ph2015★ 90 cited

Plasma and Magnetic Field Characteristics of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections in Relation to Geomagnetic Storm Intensity and Variability

Ying D. Liu, Huidong Hu, Rui Wang +5

The largest geomagnetic storms of solar cycle 24 so far occurred on 2015 March 17 and June 22 with minima of and nT, respectively. Both of the geomagneti…

physics.space-ph2015★ 42 cited

Impact of pickup ions on the shock front nonstationarity and energy dissipation of the heliospheric termination shock: Two-dimensional full particle simulations and comparison with Voyager 2 observations

Zhongwei Yang, Ying D. Liu, John D Richardson +3

The transition between the supersonic solar wind and the subsonic heliosheath, the termination shock (TS), was observed by Voyager 2 (V2) on 2007 August 31-September 1 at a distanc…

physics.space-ph2014★ 57 cited

Sun-to-Earth Characteristics of Two Coronal Mass Ejections Interacting near 1 AU: Formation of a Complex Ejecta and Generation of a Two-Step Geomagnetic Storm

Ying D. Liu, Zhongwei Yang, Rui Wang +3

On 2012 September 30 - October 1 the Earth underwent a two-step geomagnetic storm. We examine the Sun-to-Earth characteristics of the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) responsible for…